Give a bug a hug

[Mark Wieder]

On 10/7/19 7:57 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
> there isn't any reason why bug bounties have to all go to the mothership.
> you're (for lack of a better word) kickstarting a bug fix.  it's a bounty.
> it should go to the person who delivers the fix, the bounty hunter.

Um, no. You'd be giving money to someone in the hopes that enough others 
will also do the same to reach the goal required to attempt to fix the 
bug. But you're charged whether or not the goal is reached. And whether 
or not the bug actually gets fixed. It's a bad fit, and the only way I'd 
ever put money into this kind of scheme is once enough other fools have 
done so and the goal has been met *and* I think there's a reasonable 
chance the bug might get fixed in a timely manner.

Look at the number of folks who complain about not having feature x from 
the LC Kickstarter campaign, where there was explicitly no guarantee of 
features actually appearing. Now extrapolate to a campaign where you end 
up paying into a scheme whether or not anything actually materializes.

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  Mark Wieder
  ahsoftware at gmail.com